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Highway 28 west of Morris re-opens after being blocked by snowbound BNSF train

A BNSF train stalled Thursday morning in snow that drifted over tracks along state Highway 28 west of Morris, near the Morris Airport. Stevens County Emergency Management reported that train cars could be blocking traffic about two miles west of Morris for six hours.

Update 3:50 p.m

MORRIS - State Highway 28 west of Morris has been reopened Thursday afternoon after being blocked by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train most of Thursday, the Stevens County Sheriff's Office has reported.

A BNSF train was stalled by snow that drifted over tracks along Highway 28 west of Morris near the airport.

The train became stuck in snow about a quarter mile from the crossing on 510th Street. Train cars blocked the Highway 28 crossing about two miles west of Morris.